Check in at a kiosk, and walk away with a discount: Redbox, which rents DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and video games from kiosks in more than 27,800 locations across the country, is running a discount promotion with location-based mobile app foursquare.
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Milestones keep checking in to foursquare, as the location-based mobile app followed up last month’s news that it had topped 10 million users with an announcement Wednesday that more than 500,000 businesses are now using the service.
Checking in to foursquare in Canada will result in more accurate and authentic data following the announcement of a partnership between the location-based mobile app and Yellow Pages Group.
foursquare users: Don’t forget to check in on Election Day Nov. 2, as The I Voted Project teamed up with the location-based mobile app to create the official I Voted badge, awarded to users who check in to their polling place locations and “shout” #ivoted
Jordan Raynor, president of Direct Media Strategies and founder of the I Voted Act.ly Petition, made the announcement on his blog. Highlights:
This project was designed with three purposes in mind: to encourage civic participation through the distribution of the “I Voted” foursquare badge; to increase transparency by visualizing how many voters are checking-in, and at which polling locations; and to develop a replicable and scalable system to use for the 2012 presidential elections and beyond.
The official I Voted Project site, located at elections.foursquare.com, will go live Nov. 2 and display “I Voted” check-ins throughout the country as they are happening. The site will allow users to explore check-ins by city and state, while also providing data about the volume, time of day, and gender that each polling location is experiencing. The interactive map of check-ins will also be available for embed on any Web site.
